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AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR

LSE & TSX: SOLG

March 2019

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /2

CAUTIONARY NOTICEForward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors whichmay cause the actual results, performance or achievements of SolGold and/or its subsidiaries to bematerially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied bythe forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, general business, economic,competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current exploration activities;conclusions of economic evaluations; changes in project parameters as plans continue to berefined; future prices of copper and gold ; possible variations of ore grade or recovery rates; failureof plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accident, labour disputes and otherrisks of the mining industry; and delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in thecompletion of development or construction activities. Although SolGold has attempted to identifyimportant factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from thosedescribed in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that could cause actions,events or results to differ from those anticipated, estimated or intended. Forward-looking statementscontained herein are made as of the date of this presentation and SolGold disclaims any obligationto update any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events orresults or otherwise. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to beaccurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in suchstatements. SolGold undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements ifcircumstances or management’s estimates or opinions should change. Accordingly, the reader iscautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

News releases, presentations and public commentary made by SolGold and its Officers maycontain certain statements and expressions of belief, expectation or opinion which are forwardlooking statements, and which relate, inter alia, to interpretations of exploration results to date andthe Company’s proposed strategy, plans and objectives or to the expectations or intentions of theCompany’s Directors. Such forward-looking and interpretative statements involve known andunknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors beyond the control of the Company thatcould cause the actual performance or achievements of the Company to be materially differentfrom such interpretations and forward-looking statements. Accordingly, the reader should not relyon any interpretations or forward-looking statements; and save as required by the exchange rulesof TSX and LSE-AIM and LSE for companies or by applicable laws, the Company does not acceptany obligation to disseminate any updates or revisions to such interpretations or forward-lookingstatements. The Company may reinterpret results to date as the status of its assets and projectschanges with time expenditure, metals prices and other affecting circumstances.

The Company and its Officers do not endorse, or reject or otherwise comment on the conclusions,interpretations or views expressed in press articles or third-party analysis, and where possible aims tocirculate all available material on its website.

The Company recognises that the term World Class is subjective and for the purpose of theCompany’s projects the Company considers the drilling results at the growing Alpala PorphyryCopper Gold Deposit at its Alpala project to represent intersections of a World Class deposit on thebasis of comparisons with other drilling intersections from World Class deposits, some of which havebecome, or are becoming, producing mines and on the basis of available independent opinionswhich may be referenced to define the term “World Class” (or “Tier 1”).

The Company considers that World Class deposits are rare, very large, long life, low cost, and areresponsible for approximately half of total global metals production. World Class deposits aregenerally accepted as deposits of a size and quality that create multiple expansion opportunities,and have or are likely to demonstrate robust economics that ensure development irrespective ofposition within the global commodity cycles, or whether or not the deposit has been fully drilled out,or a feasibility study completed.

Standards drawn from industry experts (1Singer and Menzie, 2010; 2Schodde, 2006; 3Schodde andHronsky, 2006; 4Singer, 1995; 5Laznicka, 2010) have characterised World Class deposits at prevailingcommodity prices. The relevant criteria for World Class deposits, adjusted to current long runcommodity prices, are considered to be those holding or likely to hold more than 5 million tonnes ofcopper and/or more than 6 million ounces of gold with a modelled net present value ("NPV") ofgreater than USD 1 Billion.

The Company cautions that the Alpala Project remains an early exploration stage project at thistime. Despite the relatively high copper and gold grades over long intersections and broad areas,and widespread surface mineralization discovered at the Alpala Project to date, much of whichhas still not yet been drill tested, the Company has yet to prepare an initial mineral resourceestimate at the Alpala Project and any development or mining potential for the project remainsspeculative. There is inherent uncertainty relating to any project at an exploration stage, prior to thedetermination of a mineral resource estimate, preliminary economic assessment, pre-feasibilitystudy and/or feasibility study. There is no certainty that future results will yield the results seen to dateor that the project will continue to be considered to contain a "World Class" deposit. Accordingly,past exploration results may not be predictive of future exploration results.

From the drilling results at the growing Alpala Porphyry Copper Gold Deposit (only) within the AlpalaProject, the Company considers the deposit to have significant resource potential and the datagathered has provided the basis for the estimation of an Exploration Target over the area drilled todate. Initial 3D modelling and grade shell interpolants have outlined an approximate ExplorationTarget at Alpala that ranges from 620 Mt at 1.05% copper equivalent, using a cut-off grade of 0.4%copper equivalent, to 830 Mt at 0.85% copper equivalent, using a cut-off grade of 0.3% copperequivalent. These estimates equate to an endowment of between 6.5 - 7.1 Mt of contained copperequivalent.

Copper equivalent grades used are calculated using a gold conversion factor of 0.63, determinedusing a copper price of USD 3.00/pound and a gold price of USD 1300/ounce. Drill hole interceptsare calculated using a data aggregation method, defined by copper equivalent cut-off gradesand reported with up to 10m internal dilution, excluding bridging to a single sample. True widths ofdown hole intersections are estimated to be approximately 25-50%.

The Company cautions that the potential quantity and grade ranges (Exploration Target) disclosedabove for the Alpala Porphyry Copper Gold Deposit within the Alpala Project is conceptual innature, and there has been insufficient exploration to define a Mineral Resource, and the Companyis uncertain if further exploration will result in the Exploration Target being delineated within aMineral Resource estimate.

On this basis, reference to the Alpala project as “World Class” (or “Tier 1”) is considered to beappropriate.

References cited in the text: 1. Singer, D.A. and Menzie, W.D., 2010. Quantitative Mineral Resource Assessments: An Integrated Approach. Oxford University Press Inc.

2. Schodde, R., 2006. What do we mean by a world class deposit? And why are they special. Presentation. AMEC Conference, Perth.

3. Schodde, R and Hronsky, J.M.A, 2006. The Role of World-Class Mines in Wealth Creation. Special Publications of the Society of Economic Geologists Volume 12.

4. Singer, D.A., 1995, World-class base and precious metal deposits—a quantitative analysis: Economic Geology, v. 90, no.1, p. 88–104.

5. Laznicka, P., 2010. Giant Metallic Deposits: Future Sources of Industrial Metal, Second Edition. Springer-Verlag Heidelberg.

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /3

CONTENTS

ABOUT US 4

Strategy 6

Corporate Snapshot 7

Board 9

Technical Team 10

ECUADOR 13

The Andean Copper Belt 14

The Carnegie Ridge 16

Fiscal & Regulatory environment 19

ALPALA 21

Ownership 22

Infrastructure 23

Resource Statement 27

2019 Resource Statement 29

Conceptual Development plan 30

REGIONAL PROGRAMME 34

SUSTAINABILITY 40

SUMMARY 43

ABOUT USSOLGOLD IS PROUD OF ITS 97% ECUADORIAN WORK FORCE. SOLGOLD STRONGLY ENDORSES THE CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN TO THE COMPANY. 11% OF THE COMPANY’S WORKFORCE ARE FEMALE AND 25-30% OF THE GEOLOGICAL TEAM IS FEMALE.

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /4

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /5

SOLGOLD IS AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR

World-class

project at

economic

assessment stage

#1Significantly

invested &

experienced board

& management

team

$Well funded with

endorsement

from major miners

and institutions

Unrivalled

exploration &

development

pipeline

Strong

stakeholder

relations

Positive and

supportive pro-

mining jurisdiction

Focused on

Ecuador, a highly

prospective new

mining province

First mover

advantage

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /6

STRATEGY

• Train and Educate

• Involve

• Reward

• Strengthen shareholder base

• Augment board and management with development capabilities

• “Go for gold” – quicker, cheaper, more efficient and more available development capital

• High grade focus to fund the future

• Find more copper porphyries using SolGold blueprint

• Confirm tier 1 economics through PEA

• Secure full conditional financing package

• Permitting, Fiscal package

• Feasibility milestones next year

• Define more high grade ore

• Continue drilling to continue growth of resource

Corporate

Alpala Regional

Community

ANALYST COVERAGE

HOUSE ANALYST TARGET PRICE

Hannam & Partners Roger Bell 80p

Liberum Richard Knights 69p

JP Morgan Mathew Hocking 90p

Red Cloud Derek Macpherson C$1.30

Cormark Securities Tyron Breytenbach C$1.20

National Bank of Canada

Shane Nagle C$1.15

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /7

CORPORATE SNAPSHOT

• September 2016 :US$23M @ 12p

• June 2017: US$40M @ 41p

• November 2017: £6.5M @ 25p

• 15.23% non-blocking shareholding - must follow Board recommendation and 60% of non-Newcrest shares in a change of control transaction

• Craig Jones, Executive GM Wafi Golpu Project, mining engineer, appointed to SolGold Board

• Anti dilution @ 10%

• September 2018: BHP purchased Guyana Gold’s 6.08% interest (103.1 million shares) for 26.59p per share

• 30% premium to the 20 day VWAP at 5 September 2018

• 5% = 100m shares @ 45p

• Total 11%

• Non-blocking

• Anti dilution @ 10%

• Standstill 2 years

• SolGold right of first refusal disposal

SHARES ON ISSUE SHARE PRICE (PER SHARE) OPTIONS

FULLY-DILUTED UNDILUTED MARKET CAPITALISATION

CASH IN BANK

1,846,321,033LSE: SOLG

37.7pTSX: SOLG

63cents 162,512,000

2,008,833,033 GBP £695.14M USD $70M

TOP REPRESENTED SHAREHOLDERS

Newcrest International Pty Ltd 15.23%

DGR Global Ltd 11.06%

BHP Billiton Holdings Limited 11.00%

Cornerstone Capital Resources 9.22%

Tenstar Trading Limited 6.43%

Samuel Holdings Group (Mather) 4.87%

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /8

TWO INTENSE YEARS PLANNED TO ACHIEVE PROJECT DELIVERY IN 2020

$5m

$22m

$15m

$30m

BUDGET – 2019

USD72M TOTALGeneral & Administrative

Alpala

Feasibility Studies

Regional

2019 2020

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

PEA

Resource expansion

Pre-feasibility

Fiscal negotiations

Permitting

Conditional finance package

Final feasibility

Regional exploration

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /9

EXPERIENCED BOARD

35 years

experience in

exploration &

resource company

management

Director on several

resource company

boards

Accomplished

explorer with

outstanding

discovery record

30 years

experience

Partner at Brisbane-

based law firm

Hopgood Ganim

Lawyers

Chairman of AusTin

Mining and serves

as a Director on

several boards

NICK MATHERCEO4.87% ownership

BRIAN MOLLERCHAIRMAN0.28% ownership

40+ years

experience in the

mining and finance

industry

Former Managing

Director of

Institutional

Investments at the

World Gold Council

Partner at Bennett

Jones, Toronto

Recognised as a

leading mining

lawyer in Canada

both domestically

and internationally

NED for three

other junior

exploration

companies

20+ years

experience

Mechanical

Engineer, building

and operating for

Newcrest Mining.

Currently the

Executive GM of

Wafi-Golpu

ROBERT WEINBERGNED0.23% ownership

JAMES CLARENED

CRAIG JONESNEDNewcrest appointee

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /10

ACCOMPLISHED TECHNICAL TEAM

30 years experience as an exploration geologist

10 years experience at Newmont in various roles including serving as the Chief Geologist in Nevada

Adjunct Research Fellow at the Centre for Exploration Targeting at the University of Western Australia

Exploration geologist with 20+ years experience in the field

Remote operations specialist

Community & government engagement

19 years experience across multiple commodities

Former Senior Mine Geologist with Emperor Gold Mines

Accomplished large dataset manager

Exploration geologist with 13+ experience Masters Degree from University of BC. Canada, where he studied the proliferous Cu-Au porphyry belt hosted in the Nicola/Takla group

involved with mines & different projects in Ecuador, Western Canada, Western Australia, South Africa, Mexico, USA & Peru

Mining engineer with an Honours Degree in Mining Engineering, from the University of Chile and Master of Business from Curtin University, WA

Extensive industry experience in Australia, Latin America, USA, Middle East & Asia, working with top-tier including BHP Minerals, Western Collieries, Anaconda Nickel, IFC (World Bank), BHP Engineering, SKM, Hatch & Amec Foster Wheeler

DR STEVE GARWINCHIEF TECHNICAL ADVISOR0.08% ownership

JASON WARDEXPLORATION MANAGER 0.70% ownership

BENN WHISTLERTECHNICAL SERVICES MANAGER0.33% ownership

SANTIAGO VACACHIEF GEOLOGIST0.08% ownership

EDUARDO VALENZUELASTUDY MANAGER

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /11

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Priy is an innovative and solutions focused Chartered Accountant with over 20 years extensive commercial and Big 4 experience.

Karl has over 25 years’ experience in the accounting profession across a wide range of business and industries.

Karl is a Chartered Accountant and holds Bachelor Degrees in Commerce and in Economics, and a Master Degree in Taxation.

Based in London, Anna manages all communications aspects for SolGold.

Anna’s experience spans across investor relations, media relations, crisis communications, internal communications, government relations and corporate reputation management.

PRIY JAYASURIYACFO(Non-board member)0.07 % ownership

KARL SCHLOBOHMCOMPANY SECRETARY(Non-board member)0.25 % ownership

ANNA LEGGEINVESTOR RELATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS(Non-board member)

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /12

NEW HIRES IN 2019

WE WILL BE MAKING 4 NEW HIRES:

Head of Metallurgy

Process & Plant

Head of Underground

Development and

Mining

Chief Finance Manager

– Governments & Banks

Head of Infrastructure

Support and

Development

ECUADOR SOLGOLD IS THE LARGEST

AND MOST ACTIVE CONCESSION

HOLDER IN ECUADOR. WE ARE

RAPIDLY EXPLORING THE LENGTH

AND BREADTH OF THIS HIGHLY

PROSPECTIVE SECTION OF THE

ANDEAN COPPER BELT.

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /13

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /14

THE ANDEAN COPPER BELTSOLGOLD’S EVOLUTION TO AN ANDEAN EXPLORER

Data derived from

USGS

(Singer, Berger,

& Moring, 2008)

ECUADOR UNDER EXPLORED

Classical porphyry geology, blossoming mining industry. Gone from “Red light” to “Green light”

QUEENSLAND

DWell explored

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Well explored – excepting Kuma and Mbetilonga

PRODUCTION

BASE OF

AROUND HALF

THE WORLD’S

COPPER

ECUADOR IS

AN UNDER-

EXPLORED

NORTHERN

SECTION

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /15

UNDER-EXPLORED HIGHLY PROSPECTIVE COPPER GOLD BELT

NORTHERN ECUADOR, EOCENE, MIOCENE AND JURASSIC BELTS UNDER EXPLORED, WEAKLY DEFINED

ALPALA

LATE EOCENE

– EARLY

OLIGOCENE

FROM

43 – 31 MA

THE MOST

SIGNIFICANT

METALLOGENIC

EPOCH

PORPHYRY DEPOSITS OF NORTHERN CHILE

200MT OF

COPPER

PRODUCED

FROM CHILEAN

DEPOSITS

ABOUT 25% OF

THE WORLD’S

COPPER

RESOURCES

*after Kuraminerals.com, Kura Geoscience SpA, 2016

• Thick buoyant oceanic slabs –

Carnegie Ridge

• High copper gold contents

• Low angle plate collision

• Promotes uplift fracturing

& chokes volcanoes

• Porphyries differentiate and distil in their

own volatiles

• Introduced oxygen scavenges iron into

magnetite and leaves copper and gold

to concentrate in the sulphide phase

• ↑O2, ↑Cu, ↑Au

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /16

THE CARNEGIE RIDGE

COPPER-GOLD RICH NORTHERN ECUADOR

ALPALA

Oxidised systems scavenge iron into magnetite and leave copper and gold in the sulphides / high grades

*after Gutscher, Malavieille, & Collot, 1999

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /17

GEOPHYSICS UNCOVER ECUADOR’S HUGE POTENTIAL

CHILEAN PORPHYRIES - HIGH AND DRY. EASILY VISIBLE FROM SPACE

LA ESCONDIDA

IN ECUADOR THEY ARE COVERED IN JUNGLE AND CLOUD. WE CAN NOW SEE THROUGH CLOUD, JUNGLE AND SOIL USING STATE OF THE ART GEOPHYSICS

ALPALA CAMP

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /18

PORPHYRY BELTS SHOULD YIELD MORE LARGECOPPER DEPOSITS LIKE THEY DO IN CHILE

AGE DATED SOUTH AMERICAN PORPHYRY DEPOSITS (AGE / TONNAGE / CONTAINED CU / CU GRADE)

CHILE IS ARID.

NUMEROUS

OREBODIES

ARE EXPOSED

Alpala is

Eocene

38.6Ma

Ecuador is sub-tropical, ore

bodies are concealed – yet

to be discovered

Mill

ion

To

nn

es

Million

Years

Alpala Target

A

A

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /19

GOOD FISCAL AND REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

SOLGOLD MAKES A STRONG IMPACT

The Ecuadorian government has

set out the following goals for the

mining industry by 2021:

• USD4,600 million in investments

• USD1,300 million in taxes

• USD3,200 million in exports

• 25,000 in direct and indirect jobs

The Alpala effect:

• + USD3,000 million in initial

investment CAPEX

• + up to USD450 million in taxes

and royalties

• + up to USD4,000 million on GDP

• + up to 8,000 jobs in construction

phase

MINING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME

THE SECOND LARGEST INCOME TO

THE NATIONAL ECONOMY, AFTER

OIL, WITH 4% OF GDP BY 2021 Among the lowest electric costs in the region

Hydro power generation capacity of 9GW

Road, port and airport infrastructure

Up to 40% advantage in operating costs

Taxes within competitive ranges

of the region

Exploration geological potential: less that 10% of Ecuador explored

THE COMPETITIVE

ADVANTAGES OF

THE ECUADORIAN

MINING SECTOR

• Opportunities for a sustainable

and long-term mining industry

• Circa 300 new exploration

concessions have been granted

• 30 mining companies now

operating

• SolGold is the most active

explorer, has the largest land

holding and the highest number

of geologists on ground

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /20

ATTRACTING THE MAJORS

ECUADOR IS THE NEW PILBARA AND COPPER IS THE NEW IRON ORE.

COPPER IS NEEDED FOR THE URBANISATION AND ELECTRIFICATION OF THE WORLD

Major SolGold Shareholders

CONCESSIONS

GRANTED END

OF 2017

CONCESSIONS

2014

ALPALASOLGOLD’S MAIDEN PROJECT.

THE FIRST OF MANY POTENTIAL

WORLD CLASS PROJECTS ACROSS

ECUADOR.

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /21

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /22

SOLGOLD OWNS 85% OF THE ALPALA PROJECT

85%

5.3%

100%

9.37%

15%

ALPALA PROJECT

• Cornerstone is debt funded by SolGold through to the end of

feasibility

• Cornerstone must repay SolGold its

15% share of costs to Feasibility in

excess of US$2.5M (spent by SolGold

to acquire its 85% interest) from

Cornerstone’s share of proceeds from

the tenement

• SolGold holds pre-emptive rights over

any disposals by Cornerstone

• Cornerstone may contribute to

development at not less than 10% or

dilute to a 0.5% Net Smelter return

royalty, which SolGold may acquire

for US$3.5M

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /23

EXCELLENT LOGISTICS

ECUADOR

ALPALA

DEPOSIT

ALPALA DEPOSIT

It’s close

3 hour drive from Quito

There’s a port

180km - Esmeraldas 100km - San Lorenzo

Cheap accessible power

international Hydro Power network 30km: 5–8c/kwh

Dedicated workforce

Drive to it

excellent sealed, multi lane roads

Access to water sources

And oxygen too

elevation 600 – 1,800m

Logistic advantages deliver

significant CAPEX savings

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /24

STATE OF THE ART MAGNETIC MODELLING

TELLS US WHERE THE PORPHYRIES ARE

SANTACECILIA

ALPALACAMP

ROCAFUERTE

SITE OFFICE

CHINAMBICITO

ALPALA WEST

MORAN

PARAMBAS

TANDAYAMAAMERICA

CRISTAL

AGUINAGA

TRIVINIO

CARMEN

ALPALA NORTHWEST

ALPALA CENTRALALPALA EAST

ALPALA SOUTHEAST

ALPALA SOUTH

HEMATITE HILL

RTP Magnetics

✓ Updated MRE #2

✓ Extension targets

• Extensive Airborne Magnetics

• 3D models calibrated to drill cores

• 3D Ground Magnetic Data

Alpala Extensions:

• Northwest – Trivinio & AlpalaNorth

• Western Limb – Alpala South

• Alpala SE, Moran and Cristal

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /25

COINCIDENT GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES (SOIL & AUGER)

TELLS US WHERE THE PORPHYRIES ARE

ALTERED MINERALISED HOST INTERSECTIONS

LOW SOIL MANGANESE

FERTILE

HIGH SOIL MOLYBDENUM

PREGNANT WITH COPPER

HIGH SOIL CU/ZN RATIO

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /26

ALPALA DELIVERS MANY OF THE WORLD’S BEST PORPHYRY COPPER-GOLD INTERSECTIONS

TYPICAL MINERALISATIONCSD-18-055R: 1344m2.14 % Cu, 3.46 g/t Au

Rank Operator Property LocationInterval

(m)

Cu

(%)

Au

(g/t)

Cu.Eq

(%)

m%

CuEq

1 Anglo American Los Sulphatos Central Chile 717.0 3.60 0.00 3.60 2581

2 Codelco Chilean Giants Northern Chile unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

3 Kennecott Bingham Canyon Utah, USA unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown

4 Newcrest Mining Wafi-Golpu Papua New Guinea 1421.5 1.14 0.64 1.54 2195

5 Newcrest Mining Wafi-Golpu Papua New Guinea 943.5 1.44 1.28 2.25 2122

6 Imperial Metals Red Chris BC, Canada 1024.0 1.01 1.26 1.81 1850

7 Anglo Gold Ashanti Nuevo Chaquiri Colombia 810.0 1.65 0.78 2.14 1736

8 Freeport McMoran Grasberg Irian Jaya 591.0 1.70 1.80 2.84 1677

9 Ivanhoe Mines Oyu Tolgoi Southern Mongolia 326.0 3.77 1.23 4.55 1482

10 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 12 Ecuador 1560.0 0.59 0.54 0.93 1455

11 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 9 Ecuador 1197.4 0.63 0.83 1.16 1385

12 Exeter Resources Caspiche Northern Chile 1214.0 0.90 0.33 1.11 1346

13 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 67 Ecuador 1028.0 0.71 0.91 1.29 1326

14 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 5 Ecuador 1358.0 0.61 0.53 0.94 1279

15 Metallica El Morro, La Fortuna Chile 780.0 0.84 1.24 1.62 1266

16 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 16 Ecuador 936.0 0.75 0.95 1.35 1266

17 Anglo American Los Sulphatos Central Chile 990.0 1.26 0.00 1.26 1247

18 Ivanhoe Mines Oyu Tolgoi Southern Mongolia 476.0 2.16 0.67 2.58 1230

19 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 57 Ecuador 978.0 0.64 0.95 1.24 1213

20 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 71R Ecuador 882.0 0.74 1.00 1.37 1208

21 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 23R Ecuador 1030.0 0.59 0.90 1.16 1195

22 Metallica El Morro, La Fortuna Chile 758.0 0.93 0.99 1.56 1179

23 Newcrest Cadia Ridgeway NSW, Australia 341.0 0.93 3.86 3.37 1149

24 Ivanhoe Mines Hugo Dummet Southern Mongolia 302.0 3.11 0.98 3.73 1126

25 Ivanhoe Mines Oyu Tolgoi Southern Mongolia 422.0 2.48 0.21 2.61 1103

26 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 55R Ecuador 1062.0 0.69 0.52 1.02 1083

27 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 58-D1 Ecuador 983.9 0.73 0.56 1.08 1063

28 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 75 Ecuador 1918.4 0.41 0.19 0.53 1017

29 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 68 Ecuador 664.0 0.88 1.03 1.53 1016

30 Imperial Metals Red Chris Canada 1135.0 0.50 0.59 0.87 991

31 Exeter Resources Caspiche Northern Chile 1058.0 0.70 0.35 0.92 975

32 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 15R2 Ecuador 1402.0 0.48 0.34 0.69 974

33 Exeter Resources Caspiche Northern Chile 792.5 0.96 0.40 1.21 961

34 Imperial Metals Red Chris BC, Canada 716.3 0.79 0.74 1.26 901

35 Nevsun Timok Serbia 798.0 0.80 0.22 1.11 886

36 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 17 Ecuador 954.0 0.60 0.52 0.93 884

37 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 21 Ecuador 946.0 0.67 0.39 0.92 872

38 Metallica El Morro, La Fortuna Chile 820.0 0.59 0.73 1.05 862

39 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 19 Ecuador 1344.0 0.44 0.28 0.62 829

40 SolGold Plc Cascabel - Hole 18 Ecuador 864.0 0.57 0.61 0.96 825

41 Seabridge Gold Inc. KSM Canada 1023.4 0.24 0.77 0.73 744

NOTES: *Gold Conversion Factor of 0.63 calculated from a copper price of US$3.00/lb and a gold price US$1300/oz. True widths of downhole

interval lengths are estimated to be approximately 25% to 60%. Sources: peer review, snl.com, various company releases & broker reports,

intierra.com, infomine.com.

• Indicated + Inferred Resource = 2.95 Bt @ 0.52% CuEq (15.4 Mt CuEq) containing 10.9 Mt Cu and 23.2 Moz Au at 0.2% CuEq cut-off, 79% of which is in the Indicated category (by metal content)

• 420 Mt High Grade Core @1.47% CuEq (6.1 Mt CuEq) containing 3.8 Mt Cu and 12.3 Moz Au at 0.9% CuEq cut-off, 97% of which is in the Indicated category (by metal content)

• MRE reported using a cut-off grade of 0.2% CuEq, reflecting the reasonable potential for economic extraction by high production rate mass mining methods such as block caving

• Increase in overall reported resource of 108% (by metal content) from 7.4Mt CuEq in Dec 2017 Maiden MRE (0.3% CuEq cut-off) to current 15.4 Mt CuEq (0.2% CuEq cut-off)

• Increase in resource of 77% (by metal content) from 7.4Mt CuEq to 13.1Mt CuEq since Dec 2017 Maiden MRE (1.08 Bt @ 0.68% CuEq, 7.4 Mt CuEq at 0.3% cut-off grade, 40% Indicated)

• Increase in high grade resource size of 99% (by metal content) from 3.1 Mt CuEq to 6.1 Mt CuEq since Dec 2017 Maiden MRE (220 Mt @ 1.44% CuEq, 3.1 Mt CuEq at 0.9% cut-off grade, 55% Indicated)

• Based on 133,576m of drilling compared to 53,616m (Maiden MRE, Dec 2017)

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /27

ALPALA MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE (NOV 2018) HAS DOUBLED

Grade

Category

Resource

Category

Tonnage

(Mt)

Grade Contained Metal

Cu (%) Au (g/t) CuEq (%) Cu (Mt) Au (Moz) CuEq (Mt)

Total >0.2% CuEqIndicated 2,050 0.41 0.29 0.60 8.4 19.4 12.2

Inferred 900 0.27 0.13 0.35 2.5 3.8 3.2

Mr Martin Pittuck, MSc, CEng, MiMMM, is responsible for this Mineral Resource Estimate and is an “independent qualified person” as such term is defined in N1 43-101

The Mineral Resource is reported using a cut-off grade of 0.2% copper equivalent calculated using [copper grade (%)] + [gold grade (g/t)x0.63]

The Mineral Resource is considered to have reasonable potential for eventual economic extraction by underground mass mining such as block caving

Mineral Resources are not Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability

The statement uses terminology, definitions and guidelines given in the CIM Standards on Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves (May 2014)

The MRE is reported on 100 percent basis

Values given in the table have been rounded, apparent calculation errors resulting from this are not considered to be material

The effective date for the Mineral Resource statement is 7th November 2018

The date of completion of the Mineral Resource statement is 16th November 2018

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /28

ALPALA MINERAL RESOURCE ESTIMATE – NOV 2018

EXPRESSED BY A RANGE IN COPPER-EQUIVALENT CUT-OFF GRADES

Cut off

Grade

(% CuEQ)Resource

Category

Tonnage

(MT)

Grade Contained Metal

Cu

(%)

Au

(g/t)

CuEq

(%)

Cu

(Mt)

Au

(Moz)

CuEq

(Mt)

0.10 Indicated 2,460 0.36 0.26 0.52 8.9 20.2 12.9

0.15 Indicated 2,290 0.38 0.27 0.55 8.8 19.9 12.7

0.20 Indicated 2,050 0.41 0.29 0.60 8.4 19.4 12.2

0.30 Indicated 1,500 0.49 0.37 0.73 7.4 17.8 10.9

0.45 Indicated 810 0.66 0.57 1.03 5.4 15.0 8.3

0.70 Indicated 490 0.84 0.83 1.37 4.1 13.0 6.7

0.90 Indicated 400 0.90 0.93 1.49 3.6 11.9 5.9

1.10 Indicated 200 1.13 1.36 1.99 2.2 8.7 3.9

1.50 Indicated 120 1.35 1.77 2.47 1.7 7.0 3.0

0.10 Inferred 1,380 0.22 0.11 0.28 3.0 4.7 3.9

0.15 Inferred 1,140 0.24 0.12 0.32 2.8 4.3 3.6

0.20 Inferred 900 0.27 0.13 0.35 2.5 3.8 3.2

0.30 Inferred 490 0.34 0.16 0.45 1.7 2.5 2.2

0.45 Inferred 150 0.49 0.26 0.65 0.7 1.2 1.0

0.70 Inferred 50 0.67 0.41 0.93 0.4 0.7 0.5

0.90 Inferred 20 0.72 0.52 1.05 0.2 0.4 0.2

1.10 Inferred 10 0.76 0.70 1.20 0.1 0.1 0.1

1.50 Inferred - - - - - - -

DISCOVERY

CASH

• USD1.41/oz

EqAu

• USD0.0034/lb

CuEq

SUPER EFFICIENT

EXPLORATION

DEFINES OUR

BLUEPRINT

• 23.2Moz Au

• 10.9Mt Cu

• 85Moz EqAu

• 34BlbsCuEq

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /29

ALPALA 2019 DRILL PROGRAMME

SECTION VIEW THROUGH THE ALPALA DEPOSIT, LOOKING EAST.

DRILL TARGET AREAS, BASED ON EXTENSIONS TO THE EXISTING BLOCK

MODEL AT ALPALA, ARE HIGHLIGHTED BY RED POLYGONS OUTSIDE

THE MODELLED BLOCKS CONTAINING GRADES OF > 0.9% CUEQ

• Appox. 170,000m completed at Alpala to date

(163,000 Alpala + 7,259 Aguinaga)

• Alpala continues to expand (not included in MRE Nov 2018):

• Hole 75 (Alpala NW): 870m @ 0.60% CuEq

• Hole 86 (Trivinio): richly mineralised early intrusion intersected. Assays Pending

• Hole 93 (Alpala North): richly mineralised early intrusion intersected. Assays Pending

• 2019 drilling programme to continue to expand the deposit at Alpala NW, Trivinio, Alpala North, Alpala Western Limb, Alpala South, Alpala SE, Malte and Cristal

Extensions:

• Alpala NW & Trivinio(3 Rigs moving to Trivinio)

• South (Hole 89)

• Alpala SE, Malte & Cristal (2 Rigs moving to Malte)

✓ Extension targets

✓ Geotech & Hydro

✓ Updated MRE #2

OPEN

OPEN

OPEN

OPEN

OPEN

OPEN

OPEN

OPEN

OPEN

OPEN

OPEN

OPEN

Malte & Cristal

Alpala North

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /30

ALPALA DRILLING PLAN

Drill Hole & Rocksaw Collar Position

Drill Hole Path with Assay Results

Drill Hole Path with Assay Results Pending

Dual Carriage Dirt Road

Dirt Access Tracks

Major Streams

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /31

HIGH GRADES AT ALPALA

Bn

Cpy

CSD-16-017: 880.5m2.37 % Cu, 2.00 g/t Au

Cpy

CSD-16-009: 1209.3m2.97 % Cu, 4.09 g/t Au

Cpy

CSD-16-009: 1300.0m1.287 % Cu, 3.73 g/t Au

Bn

Py

CSD-17-025: 821.9m18.03 % Cu, 0.98 g/t AuNOT A TYPO

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /32

MULTIPLE DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS

HIGH GRADES FIRST TO DELIVER SELF RELIANCE

Cu US $3.00/lb, $6,614/tAu US $1300/oz, $41.8/g

1% CuEq = US $66/t

2.00 --

1.50 --

1.00 --

0.50 --

0.00 --C

op

pe

r %

Gold g/t

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5

Northparkes Lift 1

Hugo North

Pebble

CadiaEast

Ridgeway Deeps

Carapateena

Grasberg DZ

Northparkes Lift 2

Golpu

1

5

1

5

8

9

1011

12

13

14

15

15

1617

1819

21

22

2325

24

25

3033

43

57

Alpala Dec17 MRE

Alpala MRE#2 Target

Very high grade early development options

Red Chris

HOLE ID M CU % AU G/T

CSD-13-001 112 0.62 0.90

CSD-13-005 166 1.45 1.63

CSD-14-008 448 0.56 0.66

CSD-14-009 408 1.01 1.32

CSD-15-010 220 0.58 0.59

CSD-15-011 212 0.60 0.31

CSD-15-012 586 1.02 1.17

CSD-15-013 190 0.63 0.31

CSD-15-014 260 0.80 0.99

CSD-16-015R2 830 0.63 0.46

CSD-16-016 254 1.11 1.55

CSD-16-017 296 1.03 1.17

CSD-16-018 518 0.73 0.77

CSD-16-019 154 0.80 0.50

CSD-17-021 296 0.99 0.64

CSD-17-023 216 1.29 2.84

CSD-16-024 160 0.63 0.65

CSD-16-025 238 1.31 0.70

CSD-17-030 144 0.33 0.93

CSD-17-033-D1 146 1.09 0.99

CSD-17-041-D1 252 0.86 1.07

CSD-17-043 160 0.90 1.06

CSD-17-049 120 1.01 0.88

CSD-17-055R 220 1.22 1.34

CSD-17-057 182 1.49 3.14

Grasberg DOZGrasberg GBC

Northparkes E48

Operating Mine Development Project Current Alpala Exploration Targets

Global Block Cave Copper-Gold Mines in Operation or Development

Cu-Au grades and relative deposit size: Reserve (Mt)

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /33

CONCEPTUAL LOW COST, LOW IMPACT UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT

CONCEPTUAL

7KM DECLINE

DEVELOPMENT

EVOLVING

PROPOSED

MULTI CAVE

DEVELOPMENT

CONCEPT

REGIONAL PROGRAMMESOLGOLD HOLDS 72, 100% OWNEDCAREFULLY SELECTED, HIGHLY PROSPECTIVE CONCESSIONS ACROSS ECUADOR.

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /34

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /35

DISCOVERING A TIER 1 COPPER GOLD PROVINCE

SolGold developed a highly successful

exploration blueprint at Alpala

Efficiency

TechnologyGeophysics

Geochemical zonations

Data modelling

CSRSocial licence

Educate and train

Reward

Involve

SolGold has applied this blueprint across

Ecuador and established four 100%-owned

subsidiaries

Currently

undergoing

mapping and

sampling, and

waiting on

drilling permits

exploration geologists employed

42person community

and environment team

12

and employ:

concessions

72concessions covered

3,200km2

These concessions cover:

mineral systems

11

Expertise +

experience

• Systematic reconnaissance programs

• Soil sampling, prospect mapping very advanced

• Extensive mineralisation already identified

• Geophysics planned

• Drill ready targets established

• Drill permits pending

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /36

11 PRIORITY PROJECTS

Epithermal Gold

Porphyry Coppers

Blanca

Cisne Loja

Rio Armarillo

Salinas

Chillanes

Sharug

Cisne Victoria

Cisne Loja – Porphyry

La Hueca – Target 6

Timbara

Porvenir – Target 15

BLANCA – 2019 PRIORITY

• Northern Ecuador – 8-10km north-west of SolGold’s Rocafuerte camp

• Very high grade epithermal gold quartz mineralisation

• 10km strike richer than Fruta del Norte in outcrop

• Sampling of Cielto vein returned:

• 617g/t Au, 0.59% Cu, 317g/t Ag, 0.74% Zn

• 542g/t Au, 0.54% Cu, 254g/t Ag, 0.50% Zn

RIO AMARILLO - 2019 PRIORITY

• Northern Ecuador

• Extensive lithocap (approx. 2.4kmx2.4km) with surrounding strong stream sediment anomalies - consists of crackel and hydrothermal breccias, with silca-clay and advanced argillic alteration

• Up to 30g/t gold in rock chips at surface

• B veins identified and zones of strong copper mineralisation

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /37

CARNEGIE RIDGE PROJECTS

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /38

CRUZ DEL SOL PROJECTS

LA HUECA – TARGET 6 – 2019 PRIORITY

• Southern Ecuador - 6 porphyry centresidentified over 3 concessions, 150km²

• 25km porphyry corridor with copper to 13.8%

• 17m @ 3.87% copper in channel sample

CISNE VICTORIA

• South-eastern Ecuador

• Significant alteration and mineralisationidentified indicative of a large porphyry system

• Best result includes a 7m continuous channel chip sample that returned:

• 7m @ 2.29% Cu, 0.73 g/t Au, 8.83 g/t Ag

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /39

GREEN ROCK RESOURCES PROJECTS

CISNE LOJA

• Southern Ecuador

• Outcropping epithermal style alteration and mineralisation over an area 2.5kmx1.5km with multiple episodes of quartz veining

• Rock chip samples range from 15.25 g/t Au - 23.6 g/t Ag

TIMBARA

• Southern Ecuador

• 2 new outcrops of porphyry style mineralisation discovered.

• High grade copper rock chip samples returned

• Exploration to move to targeted systematic mapping and rock chip sampling of anomalous streams and outcrops

PORVENIR – TARGET 15 – 2019 PRIORITY

• Southern Ecuador

• Initial rock chip samples returned very high copper results of up to 4.27% Cu, rich in bornite in porphyries

• 3D geochemical modelling to model target depth planned

• New mineralised outcrops extend over some 1.5km x 1km with chalcopyrite up to 7%

SUSTAINABILITYWE ARE COMMITTED TO A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO EXPLORATION AND MINING. TRANSPARENT AND RESPONSIBLE PRACTICES ARE CRITICAL TO OUR LONG-TERM SUCCESS. OUR PRIORITIES ARE OUR PEOPLE, OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR ENVIRONMENT.

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /40

Understanding

of benefits of

responsible mining

Proactive

contribution to

local communities

Equal opportunities

for all employees

Injury and incident

free workplace

Responsible use of

energy, water and

other resources

Rehabilitation

and reforestation

of land

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /41

SOLGOLD’S SUSTAINABLE APPROACH

OUR GOALS:OUR PRIORITIES:

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /42

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

IMPROVED FACILITIES AT LOCAL SCHOOL

FISH FARMSANTA CECILIA BAKERY CHICKEN FARM

COFFEE BEANS FROM THE PLANT NURSERY

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /43

HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES

WATER & SOIL SAMPLING

HEALTH & SAFETY BRIEFING

ALPALA CAMP MEDICAL FACILITY

COMMUNITY LIAISON TEAM

RECYCLING PLANT

SUMMARY

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /44

• Alpala is the most significant copper-goldporphyry discovery in 10 years

• Alpala is getting bigger

• SolGold is largest tenement holder in Ecuadorwith the most geologists on the ground

• We have identified a highly prospective pipeline of projects with a ‘go for gold strategy’

• We have a highly a experiencedmanagement team

• We have industry support and endorsement with US$80M in the bank

• Ecuador is the most important new mining province and SolGold has strong local, regional and federal support

• Copper demand and copper prices are increasing

• SolGold is an emerging copper gold major

• Strong Support from BHP and Newcrest

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /45

THE SOLGOLD OPPORTUNITY

WE ARE BUILDING AN INTEGRATED

COPPER GOLD EXPLORATION,

DEVELOPMENT AND MINING COMPANY

AN EMERGING COPPER GOLD MAJOR /46

AUSTRALIALevel 27, 111 Eagle Street, Brisbane QLD 4000

Nicholas Mather Managing DirectorOffice: +61 7 3303 0660

ECUADORAvenida Coruña E25-58 y San Ignacio, Edif. Altana Plaza, Quito

Jason WardPresident of ENSA and Exploration ManagerMobile:+593 (0)990503077Office: +59326011021 / 2986606Email: [email protected]

LONDONOctagon Point, 5 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6AA

Anna LeggeInvestor Relations & Public RelationsMobile: +44 7500 773 415 Office: +44 20 3823 2130 Email: [email protected]

Qualified Person - Information in this report relating to the exploration

results is based on data reviewed by Mr Jason Ward ((CP) B.Sc.

Geol.), Exploration Manager Global of the Company. Mr Ward is a

Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, holds the

designation FAusIMM (CP), and has in excess of 20 years’ experience

in mineral exploration and is a Qualified Person for the purposes of

the relevant LSE and TSX Rules. Mr Ward consents to the inclusion of

the information in the form and context in which it appears.